Here is Samantha. Santa gave Samantha to Adrienne for Christmas when Adrienne was in kindergarten. That was in 1998. She has held up pretty well for twelve years, hasn’t she?
I decided to spoof up her hair, though, before I set her out with her other doll friends as part of our Christmas decorations. (Poor Neil. Surrounded by dolls. Ha-ha! Pun intended!)
Doesn’t she look happy? I was happy, too, getting them all dressed and ready. Yes, I’m weird. But if you’re reading this it means you’re my friend, so what does that make you?!
P.S. I made Samantha’s Christmas dress. It looks just like the real thing. I also made a matching one for Adrienne. I made Samantha’s pajamas and a matching pair for Adrienne, too. For Erica, I made almost all of Molly’s clothes (to match the real things,) Felicity’s Christmas dress and cape, Elizabeth’s Christmas cape, and lots of other stuff, too. I used to make doll clothes before I found stamping. In case you were wondering.
P.S.S.: When I was at the NYC American Girl Place in April, I asked them about the whole hair thing. You just have to dampen it, brush it with the wire brush, set it in rollers, and let it dry. The wire brush is for brushing. If you want to style pieces of hair more intricately, use a toothbrush.
P.S.S.S.: I can honestly say that we don’t need any more dolls. If you figure that we started the whole American Girl doll thing in 1998, that’s twelve years times two girls times birthdays and Christmases. Do the math! But I love it. It took us a long time to have kids, so when we finally did (and we had girls!) we did it right.
I want to see the girls when they are all dressed! do you still put up the snow globes? Heather